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Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington Welcomes New Medical Director
Joseph A. Brenes, M.D., has been named Medical Director at Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington.
Dr. Brenes's expertise is in internal medicine and geriatric medicine. His specialty is quality long-term care for the elderly and disabled, which includes geriatric assessments, inpatient treatment, and outpatient services. He is a Certified Medical Director, Member of the American Medical Director's Association, New Haven County Medical Association, CT State Medical Association, and the American Geriatric Society.
Marathon Healthcare Group extends a warm welcome to Dr. Brenes and looks forward to having him as an integral part of the healthcare team.Governor Rell announces nursing homes will not receive reimbursement increase
Gov. M Jodi Rell recently announced that nursing homes should not expect an increase in reimbursements as they have in the past years. With the cost of living increasing, fuel, medication, and employee wages are just a few areas that are directly impacted by the budgetary decision if reimbursement is not comparably increased. Many residents and nursing home employees plan to attend the upcoming Legislative meeting to voice their concerns on the issue at hand.Marathon Rededication Ceremony
On January 30, 2007, Marathon Healthcare Group based in East Hartford, celebrated the official rededication and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Marathon Healthcare Center of Waterbury. Following the opening remarks by Ed Varjabedian, Executive Director of the nursing center, Monsignor Thomas M. Ginty performed the blessing before a room filled with citizens of the community, government officials, employees, and residents along with their family members.
Assisted Living Facilities need improved regulations
Assisted living is a typical alternative option to nursing home care, however housing the elderly in an assistance facility does not come without its own set of complications. Though some may consider this a more comfortable solution for their loved ones, many are facing issues relating to leases, nursing services, and unregulated amenities with no one person to turn to.Marathon helps local hero through successful recovery
On June 1, 2006, Kevin VanBlarcom completed his rehabilitation in Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington. Kevin had been under Marathon’s care since February 20, 2006 when he suffered injuries to his heel and wrist while saving a child from a potentially deadly fall from a ski lift at Mohawk Ski Area.
Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington plans opening of Irving I. Lerner Palliative Care Center
In mid-June 2006, Marathon Healthcare Group will proudly open the Irving I. Lerner Center for Palliative Care in its Torrington location. Named in honor of the father of Earle Lerner, President and owner of Marathon Healthcare Group, the center will specialize in comfort care for end-stage dementia. Trained certified hospice staff and a certified hospice provider will work to make all residents staying in the center located in the picturesque hills of Litchfield feel at home.
Marathon Healthcare Centers Receive Quality Awards
Earle Lerner, President and CEO of Marathon Healthcare Group, an East Hartford-based skilled nursing provider with Skilled Nursing Facilities in 6 Connecticut cities, proudly announced that 3 more of Marathon's nursing centers have received the American Healthcare Association's Award for Quality and Excellence. Marathon Healthcare Centers of Norwalk, Torrington, and Waterbury join last year's Quality Award recipients Marathon Healthcare Centers of Prospect and West Haven. This Step 1 award, which will be presented at the American Healthcare Association's annual convention, was received in 2008 by only 7% of Connecticut's 244 skilled nursing facilities.AHCA Praises House, Senate Leaders for Pursuing SCHIP Bill Without Medicare Cuts
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) today praised the U.S. House and Senate leadership for moving forward on a bicameral State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) reauthorization bill that does not include cuts to critical Medicare funding for seniors, and which preserves coverage for all 6.6 million children currently covered by SCHIP while reaching millions more low-income, uninsured American children in the next five years.
Marathon Healthcare Centers Earn AHCA Quality Award
Earle Lerner, President and CEO of Marathon Healthcare Group, has proudly announced that two Marathon Healthcare Centers; Marathon Healthcare Center of West Haven and Marathon Healthcare Center of Prospect, have been awarded the National Quality award by the American Healthcare Association (AHCA.)Study: Ninety percent of U.S. seniors now have drug coverage
Proponents of Medicare Part D got a boost this week with new research from Reuters Health suggesting more than 90% of Americans aged 65 and older now have prescription drug coverage.
Fewer than one-fifth of seniors participate in critical rehabilitation, study finds
Even though Medicare covers the cost of cardiac rehabilitation, less than one in five senior citizens follow through with the beneficial therapy after a heart attack or open-heart surgery, researchers have found.
Troubled Health Center is rescued
Marathon Healthcare Group recently signed a letter of intent to purchase the financially troubled Health Center of Greater Waterbury from Five Star Quality Care of Newton, Mass. In April, Five Star announced it would close the facility. The state anticipates Marathon will take ownership by Sept. 1.
Marathon Unveils New Web Site
In its continuing commitment to the community, Marathon has launched a new web site. The site promises to continually offer information about relevant news, events and happenings in their facilities and within the healthcare industry. Site visitors will find expanded information on the specialized services offered by Marathon that makes them a leader in quality care for their residents.
20 Bed Distinct Short Term Rehab Unit will Offer State of the Art Care
Marathon Healthcare Center of Torrington is constructing a state of the art short term rehabilitation unit. The unit will accommodate up to 20 patients who need intensive short term physical, occupational, or speech therapy. All of the newly renovated rooms will be furnished with electric beds, wall mounted digital cable televisions and wireless Internet access. The unit will open in mid-June.
Wedding At Marathon Healthcare Center of Norwalk
NORWALK - As the strains of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major filled the third-floor sunroom, some women wept. A few men choked up. Many of the guests looked back and forth from the groom, Ronald Rice, to the hallway where his bride, Michelle Weiner, was about to make her entrance at the Marathon Healthcare Center. "What's taking her?" they asked. "Did she get cold feet?" But when the deejay played "The Bridal Chorus," commonly known as "Here Comes the Bride," Weiner appeared. Pushing the joystick on her wheelchair, she moved at a steady pace to the music and to the cheers and camera flashes of about 30 patients, staff members and guests. It was a first at the rehabilitation and care center - two residents who need 24-hour, long-term care were about to tie the knot. Rice, in his own wheelchair and with best man Ed Getlein standing at his side, beamed as Weiner rolled up alongside him. There, Justices of the Peace Joanne Romano and Rick McQuaid, both Norwalk Common Council members and wearing black robes, were ready to officiate. Janice White, a Marathon resident and Weiner's maid of honor, held a bouquet as she sat in a nearby chair. "Everything leading up to this moment was of value," McQuaid said. "Love is more powerful than your past."Rice was eager to seal the deal. "Ronald, do you take Michelle to be your wife . . ." Romano began. Before she could finish with the words "to have and to hold," Rice shouted, "I do." Rice, 59, has been wheelchair bound for 14 years because of arthritis and a stroke during heart surgery. Weiner, 56, suffers from multiple sclerosis. Rice strained to reach his bride to place the ring on her finger. She, too, had to stretch with the ring to reach "my partner in life, my one true love." After they were pronounced husband and wife, applause filled the East Three Solarium, followed by the deejay spinning Frank Sinatra's "The Best is Yet to Come." Though there was no dancing, a festive atmosphere prevailed. Residents, many of them elderly or handicapped and in wheelchairs or holding walkers, chatted loudly or dug right into the dinner served up by Doug DeAndrea, director of food services. Marathon Executive Director Courtney Young said Weiner and Rice transferred to the center a month ago from one in New Haven. "We met in New Haven two years ago, and I asked her if she would like to go out with me back in May," Rice said. "On our first date, we went on a walk-a-thon for breast cancer." "It was at Lighthouse Point in East Haven," Weiner said. "On June 22, I asked her, 'Honey, would you like to marry me?' " Rice said. "And she said, 'Yes, yes, yes.' "Alzheimer's symptoms can develop overnight
Amyloid plaques, precursors of Alzheimer's disease, can develop in the brain in as little as 24 hours, much "more rapidly than expected," say researchers at the Alzheimer's Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease.Even healthy seniors at risk of sleep apnea, researchers say
Instances of respiratory disturbances, or "events" - especially sleep apnea syndrome - increase with age, even in healthy individuals without symptoms or signs of the syndrome, according to a study published in the journal SLEEP.Diabetes, obesity epidemic could negate heart health gains
Deaths relating to heart disease dropped more than 25% between 1999 and 2005, according to data released by the American Heart Association. But a rise in the prevalence of diabetes could reverse that downswing.
Approved: 'New era' flu test detects four viruses in three hours
Federal regulators have approved a diagnostic test than can screen for the flu and three other common respiratory viruses all at the same time. Results can be had in about three hours, they said.
Rule would eliminate premiums for some Part D enrollees
A new regulation proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would allow some low-income Medicare beneficiaries, including dual-eligible individuals, to stay in their Medicare prescription drug plan without having to pay a premium.
Study: Certain diabetes drugs prove harmful in older adults
Diabetes medications known as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) may be the wrong treatment for older sufferers of the disease.
Researchers: Vaccine could one day replace blood pressure pills
Someday a series of shots may replace those pesky blood pressure pills that millions of Americans take each day, new research suggests.
A vaccine, known as CYT006-AngQb, has shown some promise in a recent trial, according to Swiss researchers who reported the study during at the American Heart Association annual meeting in Orlando this week. The vaccine works by inhibiting angiotensin II, a molecule that constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure
Connecticut Ranked as Fifth Healthiest State in the Nation
Smoking is down, fewer children are living in poverty and Vermont is doing a better job on prenatal care, according to a report issued that calls it the healthiest state in the nation.
New England, as a region, scored well in the 18th annual report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention: New Hampshire was ranked fourth, Connecticut fifth, Maine seventh, Massachusetts ninth and Rhode Island 11th.
Marathon Congratulates the Workers Compensation Trust on 25 Years of Success
On May 17, 2006, the Workers Compensation Trust (Trust), located in Wallingford Connecticut, celebrated 25 years of success. Marathon has been a member of the “Trust” since its inception in 2004 and finds its services second to none.
Marathon wishes everyone at the Trust warm congratulations on its 25 years of excellence and looks forward to working together for many years to come.
Too Few People Know Symptoms of Heart Trouble
(HealthDay News) -- If that nagging pain in your chest just won't go away, and suddenly you feel like you're having trouble catching your breath, it's time to call 9-1-1. Those symptoms could indicate either a heart attack or impending cardiac arrest. And waiting to see if the symptoms subside could cost you your life. "The unfortunate fact is that we have become very good at treating heart disease once you have reached medical care. But, the majority of people who die, die before they reach medical care," said Dr. Joon Sup Lee, clinical director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In fact, about 330,000 Americans die each year from heart problems and heart disease before they get to the hospital, according to the American Heart Association. In cardiac arrest, the heart actually stops beating, usually after a period of fast or irregular heartbeats. In a heart attack, blood flow is blocked to part of the heart, damaging heart muscle, but the heart usually continues to beat.Fitness level, not body fat, stronger predictor of longevity, researchers say
Higher levels of cardio respiratory fitness are stronger indicators of longevity than body-fat levels for adults over age 60, according to a new study.
Clinical Careers Open House
Come visit our Open House to learn about the benefits of joining the team of Premier Healthcare Professionals of Marathon Healthcare Group.
New Haven
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Monday, Dec 3rd
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Waterbury
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Tuesday, Dec 4th
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